<div><div dir="auto">I haven’t been following the minutia here did we rule out Jitsi and that Rtmp-flask-manager thing?</div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:50 AM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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It's not peer to peer or decentralized, but I think I have a<br>
BigBlueButton instance for us to test out for our meeting. I will<br>
schedule a demo in another email thread. <br>
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Chris: I did not know about the difference between Chromium and<br>
Firefox with respect to Zoom.<br>
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- Paul<br>
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 06:28:27AM -0400, Doug Moen wrote:<br>
> Yes, there is a 40 minute limit unless the person initiating the conference pays. Also, you need the native zoom client to initiate a zoom conference. People joining in can use a web browser.<br>
> <br>
> Now where is that open source peer to peer solution that is reliable and easy to use for non techies??<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 4:14 AM, Sandeep Johri wrote:<br>
> > I did install the Zoom .deb package on my Debian (stable) desktop. Everything seemed to be working fine - however as I was setting up my profile I got the following message <br>
> > <br>
> > [Uplevel Your Meetings with Zoom Pro<br>
> > Your Zoom Basic plan has a *40-minute time limit *on meetings with 3 or more participants. Upgrade now to enjoy unlimited group meeting minutes.]<br>
> > <br>
> > I'm guessing others have figured out how not to be restricted with this time limit (someone may have a pro account) - however thought I'd share.<br>
> > <br>
> > Thanks<br>
> > <br>
> > From:<br>
> Sandeep Johri<br>
> > On 2020-03-26 10:26 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:<br>
> >>> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard<br>
> >>> <br>
> >> I know; we should all be using open source, decentralized, peer-to-peer video conferencing software instead.<br>
> <br>
> Doug.<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
> >> <br>
> >>> On Linux, I have only been able to get it working with the client<br>
> software. Somebody sends me a Zoom link and then it prompts me to open<br>
> that link with the plugin. <br>
> <br>
> It is a shame that Zoom is becoming the standard, but if we didn't<br>
> want that we should have been born into a different timeline.<br>
> <br>
> - Paul<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 01:34:00AM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:<br>
> >>> <br>
> >>>> Thanks, Paul. Zoom seems to be catching on with my crowd, so we've been using Zoom for social get-togethers. So far it only works for me on my mac laptop in the Chrome browser. It doesn't work for me in Firefox, but I have so many security- and privacy-protecting browser extensions loaded that it's not surprising, and I haven't actually tried to get it working on Linux.<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
> >>>> <br>
> >>>>> Okay, I verified that the Zoom plugin for Linux does work on Ubuntu<br>
> 18.04. I tested Zoom with Charles today, and we were both on Linux<br>
> computers. <br>
> <br>
> (That does not mean I am announcing that we are holding the KWLUG<br>
> meeting on Zoom. I just wanted to answer Doug's question.) <br>
> <br>
> - Paul<br>
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